Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday. The risk grows with every year of use, they said.… Read More »Marijuana Use Holds Three-Fold Blood Pressure Death Risk – The risk grows with every year of use.
As a result, Volkow coined the phrase “hijacking the brain” because of how cocaine (and all addictive drugs) fool the brain by producing reward for self-destructive behavior. In clinical settings, cocaine addicts can accurately describe the particular stimulus that “hijacks” their brain, which they experience… Read More »Cocaine Cues Produce Pavlovian Response and Craving Among First Time & Non-Addicted Users
Background: Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic and short-acting painkiller that is 50- 100 times more potent than morphine,1 meaning that 1/10th of a gram of fentanyl is equivalent to between 5-10g of morphine*. It was first synthesized by Dr. Paul Janssen in December 19602,3 and… Read More »Fentanyl
In 2012, we were promised funds from marijuana taxes would benefit our communities, particularly schools. Dr. Harry Bull, the Superintendent of Cherry Creek Schools, one of the largest school districts in the state, said, “So far, the only thing that the legalization of marijuana has… Read More »Marijuana devastated Colorado, don’t legalize it nationally
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Tensions Rise Over Proposed Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients WITH ice addiction declared a public health crisis, the Government’s proposed drug-testing trial of welfare recipients couldn’t come at a better time. Methamphetamine-related deaths have doubled in Australia in just six years, according to new findings by the… Read More »Drug-testing new welfare recipients is a good idea
A Colorado district attorney drew attention this week after he pronounced marijuana to be a “gateway drug to homicide.” The controversial remarks made by 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May came at a news conference Tuesday about a large black market marijuana bust in the… Read More »Colorado official: ‘Marijuana is gateway drug to homicide’
Abstract Despite a documented relationship between cannabis use and suicidality, little is known about psychological vulnerability factors that may increase suicidality among this high-risk group. The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS; Joiner, 2005) proposes that people are vulnerable to wanting to die by suicide if… Read More »Cannabis use and suicidal ideation: Test of the utility of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide
